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...court settlement on the prize money. With this experience behind him he filed suit against Phillips Chemical for all of the $600, charging that the judges had fraudulently deleted words from his lists. Last April the case was tried in Manhattan Municipal Court before Referee John M. Cragen. Vigorously Plaintiff Gillman challenged the findings of Contest Judges Walter K. Van Olinda and Andrew J. Davis, both of whom had a hand in preparing the Funk & Wagnall's New Standard Dictionary. The courtroom rang for a fortnight with such words as: aha, ama, hep, aim, ani, pah. Aha, said Plaintiff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Word Game | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

...five months Referee Cragen thumbed through dictionaries, scratched his pate, learned enough about lexicology to state that "the English language is not on trial." Said he: "If the court could sit in judgment on the dictionary, every one of the 40,000 contestants could come into court, contending that his or her list was the proper winning roster of words. . . ." Last week, having boiled down the case to the real issue of whether or not the contest judges had fraudulently deleted words from Gillman's roster, Referee Cragen dismissed the suit with a two-letter word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Word Game | 10/7/1935 | See Source »

Score: Harvard 35, Tilton 29. Goals from floor: Holland 6; Bicknell 3, Pattison 3, Moushegian 2, Frierbringer, Wayne 7, Butler 4, Raynor. Goals from fouls: Moushegian 3, Holland 2, Wayne 2, Butler. Timekeeper--Cannon. Referee-Cragen. Time of quarters--10 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN FIVE OPENS SEASON VICTORIOUSLY | 12/21/1928 | See Source »

Score--Harvard 32, Amherst 35, Goals from floor--Green 3, Slocum 3, Wenner 2, Harper, Hatch, Latham 5, Navin 3, Harmon, Miller 3, Walker 2. Goals from fouls Slocum 3, Wenner 2, Green 5, Barbee 2, Hatch, Latham 3, Navin 2, Miller. Referee--Cragen. Time of halves 20 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HEAVY AMHERST QUINTET DOWNS CRIMSON HOOPMEN | 2/4/1928 | See Source »

Score-Harvard Freshman 23; St. John's Academy 31. Goals from floor--Driscoll 5, Szeszjowski, Johnson 3, Farrell 3, Dutton 3, Deverice 3, Foshay. Goals from fouls--Machler 2, Szeszwoski 2. Rex, Dutton, Farrell, Deverice. Referee--Cragen. Time--10 minute quarters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM LOSES TO ST. JOHN'S | 1/23/1928 | See Source »

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